Just Inspirational Challenges - Little Blue Button

Good morning & welcome to another challenge from Just Inspirational Challenges.

It's the turn of team B 

this week & we have a fantastic sponsor - 

Little Blue Button. 

If you haven't been by their store then you need to, I fell in love with some of the cute images

& adore the simple but cute feel to them.

There is also a great prize up for grabs too

As usual we have a photo for you to use as inspiration & here it is

You can interpret the photo in any way you choose, ie. the shapes, colours, style etc.

Now onto my make, we were given a digi stamp from our sponsor & I had such a hard time deciding on

the one I wanted to use & finally settled on 

Miss Lily, is it for me?

So here is what I came up with

I wanted to keep it simple & clean & so decided not to use patterned papers, which I think is a first for me. I just stuck to 2 colours of paper & used matts & layers to build up the card. I die cut some circle & layered these also, as well as some flourishes & finishing it off with some cute roses, which I also made in the same 2 papers.

I coloured Miss Lily in promarkers in shades matching the papers.

I wasn't sure about this card, I think I had issues in not using my pretty papers but once I had it all put together I was actually quiet happy. I guess it goes to show that sometimes we really can't judge a project until it's been put together & the finishing touches added.

Thanks so much for visiting & I really hope you'll join us in this week's challenge. Don't forget to visit the main blog & also check out what my

fantabulous teamies have come up with (you'll find the links in the side bar)

Have a wonderful day & I hope the sun is shining in your part of the world

PS. don't forget to check out our blog candy over on the main Just inspirational Challenges blog. 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

Creative Finger Challenges - Anything Goes

A Gem of a challenge - #87

Colour Creative Classroom - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Anything goes with circles

Exciting News

Good Morning all, just a little quick post to share some ultra exciting news. I

am honoured to have been asked to be part of a fantastic team of DT

members for a fab new challenge blog.

It's called 

Through The Purple Haze

& as well as some ultra talented DT members (whom I can't wait to work with) there is also a very very impressive list of sponsors (check out my side bar for a list)

We are kicking off on the 15th of this month & our first sponsor is the

amazing 

Indigo Blu

I so can't wait to get started & hope lots of you will join us :)

That's all for now, have a great day xx

Another day another creation....

Good afternoon all, I thought I'd share this card with you all, I made it for a friend. I decided to use of my fabby Saturated Canary digis, I just adore using them & want them all!!!! 

So here is my make, I used papers from a craft artist digi kit to tie in with the fruit theme of the image, did some matting & layering & finished off with a die cut border, flourish & handmade roses.

The image was coloured with promarkers, I used colour combos I wouldn't normally use, but I do like how she has turned out.

Thanks for visiting. 

I would like to enter this project in the following challenges:

Saturated Canary - Challenge 46, Summer Fruits.
Digi Sketch Challenge - Summertime

Just Inspirational Challenges :)

Good Morning everyone & welcome, it's time for another challenge from 

Just Inspirational Challenges 

& this week is the turn of 

Team B

This week our sponsor is the wonderful

Delicious Doodles

who are offering a prize of 4 digi images to the lucky winner

Here is this week's photo

& we would like you to interpret the photo however you like, be it the image itself, the colours, shape etc.

So here is my make:

 Having seen the inspirational photo & being Irish I had to have the gorgeous

Celtic Fairy

 to work with & she was kindly given by our sponsor.

The backing paper is from a craft cd & I over stamped it with a distress stamp (from Sheena Douglas)

I then created the layers, using the same stamp set, can you tell it's my new favourite lol :)

The cogs ,from Creative Expressions, have been stamped & heat embossed around the heart. I finished this off with 2 stamped wings, which I curled to give dimension before sticking them down & adding the gem.

I then assembled the card & added some handmade roses

 She has been coloured in promarkers & cut out, isn't she gorgeous

Another view of the heart with the cute wings.

This style is totally different for me, but I really enjoyed doing it & I was happy with how she turned out.

Thanks so much for stopping by, be sure to visit my teamies (links in the right sidebar) & pop by Just Inspirational Challenges to enter, I look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Stamping For The Weekend - Anything Goes
Stamping With The Dragon - Anything Goes
Tok Bobok - Anything Goes
Craft Loving Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
The Hobby House - Anything Goes

Creative Creations Challenges

Good morning everyone & thanks so much for visiting on what is my first post as a DT member for 

Creative Creations Challenges

It's so exciting to be part of this fab team.

Our fabby sponsers this week are the wonderful 

The Paper Nest Dolls

This company was new to me & I am sure glad I found them as there are so many fab images.

They are offering a great prize to the a winner: A $25 gift voucher

So, onto the challenge, this weeks challenge is a great one -

Shaped Cards - no squares or rectangles

I enjoyed this so much I had to make 2 with my image which is

Cowgirl Ellie

& here are my makes :)

I kept the card simple, using a barn as it's shape, I also decoupaged the doors & the roof.

Ellie & her little pig have been cut out & mounted onto the barn using glue gel.

For my next make I decided to try a circle easel card.

It's been made using my Martha Stewart circle cutter, I cut out a number of different sized circles, inked them, stamped them (using Sheena Douglas' A Little Bit Sketchy stamps)

The sentiment has been cut using an x-cut alphabet die & mounted on another x-cut die

The image has been coloured using promarkers & it was my first time giving the clouds a bash (I was quite chuffed they worked lol)

Thanks so much for popping by & I look forward to seeing everyone's entries.

Summer Feeling

Good morning everyone, I hope the sun is shining for you :) I just wanted to share this card with you all.

The image was a fab freebie from Scrappers Delight

& I couldn't wait to use it.

It's been coloured in promarkers & layered on mats, using my fabby new perfect layers tools, they really are great. I think they make me use up those scraps a bit more

I inked & embossed a circle before sanding it back to reveal the card below. 

It's finished off with little glitter dots & roses.

Thanks so much for visiting, I hope you like my card :)

Teacher Gifts

Good morning everyone & sorry for the lack of posts in the last week or so, I've been so busy with DT work & orders, but sure it keeps me out of trouble lol
I just thought I'd share some teacher cards I was asked to do. I teamed up with a friend & local business, who made the fabby bookmarks for me.

 I decided a good way to display the bookmarks would be to hang them on an open book style easel card.

The cards were personalised & have been decoupaged for added depth. The recipients loved them, & I was told one even cried lol.
Thanks for visiting xxx